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Cascading Failure
The mining ship Anceps was lost 70 years ago after an FTL drive mishap. The malfunctioning drive periodically sends the ship throughout the local galactic cluster.  It emerges from hyperspace, badly damaged and broadcasting an SOS message.  When the PCs board the derelict, it begins to collapse.  Cascading Failure is a one-page system agnostic adventure set on a collapsing spaceship.  Featuring: Simple, fast-paced rules for automating the collapsing ship in real-timeLoot for scavengers to discoverVictims for heroes to saveA hidden villain to ruin your players' plan.   Cascading Failure was created by Matt Umland for the One Page Derelict Jam Winter 2021. CC BY-SA 4.0
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4.90 (from 12 reviews)
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